https://community.pandora.com/t5/iOS/iOS-Auto-Start-can-t-be-disabled-with-free-account/m-p/202614#M10792 <P>I lay down to listen to music to relax. Many times I’ll use YouTube music for this, and I’ll use pandora when I drive. Whenever I lay down and put my headphones in, Pandora automatically starts to play and there’s no way to disable it.</P> <P>pandora claims you can disable it by opening the app, then settings&gt; advanced &gt; toggle auto play off or on but literally NO SUCH OPTION EXISTS ON THE APP. Nothing about auto play after you hit the advanced menu. What can I do? I am irritated to no end with this and about to delete the app.</P> <P><FONT size="3"><I>Moderator Edit: Edited title for clarity</I></FONT></P> Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:46:53 GMT Weird_noise583 2026-04-17T15:46:53Z https://community.pandora.com/t5/iOS/iOS-Auto-Start-can-t-be-disabled-with-free-account/m-p/202614#M10792 <P>I lay down to listen to music to relax. Many times I’ll use YouTube music for this, and I’ll use pandora when I drive. Whenever I lay down and put my headphones in, Pandora automatically starts to play and there’s no way to disable it.</P> <P>pandora claims you can disable it by opening the app, then settings&gt; advanced &gt; toggle auto play off or on but literally NO SUCH OPTION EXISTS ON THE APP. Nothing about auto play after you hit the advanced menu. What can I do? I am irritated to no end with this and about to delete the app.</P> <P><FONT size="3"><I>Moderator Edit: Edited title for clarity</I></FONT></P> Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:46:53 GMT https://community.pandora.com/t5/iOS/iOS-Auto-Start-can-t-be-disabled-with-free-account/m-p/202614#M10792 Weird_noise583 2026-04-17T15:46:53Z https://community.pandora.com/t5/iOS/iOS-Auto-Start-can-t-be-disabled-with-free-account/m-p/202646#M10793 <P><a href="https://community.pandora.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2149970">@Weird_noise583</a>&nbsp;<SPAN>I can understand why that would be frustrating, especially when you’re just trying to relax and something starts playing unexpectedly.</SPAN></P> <P class="isSelectedEnd"><SPAN>What you’re running into is tied to a feature called </SPAN><STRONG><SPAN>Auto-Start</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN>. The instructions you found are correct in general, but that setting is currently only available for </SPAN><A href="https://pandora.app.link/e/upgradeaccount" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><STRONG><SPAN>Pandora Plus and Pandora Premium</SPAN></STRONG></A><SPAN> subscribers. On the free service, that toggle won’t appear in the app, which is why you’re not seeing the option described.</SPAN></P> <P class="isSelectedEnd"><SPAN>If having control over Auto-Start is important to you, a great next step would be to share that feedback directly with our product team. You can do that by posting in our <STRONG><A href="https://community.pandora.com/t5/Ideas/idb-p/Backstage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ideas space</A></STRONG>.</SPAN></P> <P class="isSelectedEnd"><SPAN>Ideas posted there can be upvoted by other listeners who feel the same way, which helps highlight what features the community would most like to see added.</SPAN></P> <P>This all being said, I have created a ticket with our support team for you.</P> <P>They will be contacting you privately via email to help look into this further, so please keep an eye out for their message.</P> <P><SPAN>Appreciate you again for calling this out — you’re definitely not alone in wanting more control over playback behavior.</SPAN></P> Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:54:39 GMT https://community.pandora.com/t5/iOS/iOS-Auto-Start-can-t-be-disabled-with-free-account/m-p/202646#M10793 AdamPandora 2026-04-17T15:54:39Z